James Cameron is considered a pioneer in visual effects technology, especially through the "Avatar" series with Na'vi characters recreated through Motion sick recording techniques.
In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning on the occasion of promoting "Avatar: Fire and Ash", director James Cameron said that the "Avatar" crew had to work in a huge water tank with a capacity of 250,000 gallons (the unit measuring the volume: 1 gallon = 3.785411784 liters) to record each movement of the cast.
According to Cameron, it is proof that real emotions and movements are still the center of cinematic creation. For that reason, he does not support the use of artificial intelligence to create actors or performances from zero numbers.
Cameron believes that acting recording technology is often misunderstood as being similar to artificial intelligence. He affirmed a completely different nature. The technology that his crew used was based on real acting, respecting creative moments between the actors and the director.
Meanwhile, the regenerative artificial intelligence goes in the opposite direction. With just a word-of-mouth description, the system can create a completely new character or performance. Cameron said this was worrying and something he didn't want to appear in during filming.
